Sanitary cone holder



W. H. SCHMIDT.

SANITARYCONE HOLDER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1921.

1,435,746, PatentedNov. M, 1922;.

W. H. SCHMIDT.

SANITARY CONE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.25,1921.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEEI 2.

lei-353% WALTER n. sons-rim; or Winona, Iviinnnsora.

snivrranr cone HOLDER.

Application filed Marc1i25, 1921. Serial No. 455,622.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known .that I, VYALTER H. SCHMI T, residing at liVinona, in the county of W'inona and State of Minnesota, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Cone Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object, in general, of my invention is to provide a sanitary protecting device for edible ice-cream cones, whereby a cone con taining ice cream may be carried by the hand of a person and the ice cream protected against contamination by dirt and also against melting as quickly as it would otherwise.

A further object is to provide a combined protecting device and holder for the cone; in other words, a device which may be used, alternately, as a bonnet placed over the top of the filled cone to protect the icecream, and, in an inverted position, as a holder or support for the cone, when a person desires to use his hands in eating other things.

A further object is to provide a sanitary device, of the character indicated, which will be collapsible, that is, foldable into a flat position, so that the device may occupy a minimum of space, and whereby a maximum number of the devices, in this collapsed position, may occupy a minimum space in shipment or storage.

A further object is to provide a device of this nature constructed in the form of a paper receptacle, specifically, a box, which will be simple of construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these objects in View, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of a paper receptacle or device, for the purpose described, as will be hereinafter fully described in the specification, summarized in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

The drawing discloses an exemplary con struction capable of carrying out the underlying principles of the invention, and like reference -characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. Briefly described Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the device in operative position, as it appears when supporting a cone in an upright position, the apex of the cone being projected through an opening in the top of the device;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view. on the line 22, Fig. 1, looking in the direction. of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a. view in perspective of the device, the bottom and top flaps being shown open; and

Figure fl is a central vertical sectional view through the device in an inverted position, showing the use thereof as a protecting bonnet, when the cone is being carried by a person, prior to eating thereof.

Referring, now, in detail, to the drawing:

1, 2, 3 and i designate the four rectangular, complemental walls of the rectangular device, forming a box-like structure, preferably of paper, such as cardboard, of suittable thickness to present the requisite strength for the purpose intended. The meeting edges of the walls are creased, so as tobe flexible, whereby the box may be pressed into a flat position, for shipment or storage, in bulk.

Each of the walls 2 and 4; carries, at its bottom, a flap 5, adapted to be folded inward into the position shown in Fig. 2, so that said flaps are superposed.

The wall 3 carries, at is bottom, a tla 6, which is creased transversely toward its ree end, as shown by the dotted line 7, so as to form tab 8 extending the width of said flap. The flap 6 is adapted to be folded against the lower flap 5, as shown in Fig. 2, and the tab 8 folded inward so as to lie against the inner surface of the wall 2, at the bottom thereof, as shown in Figs. 1. and 2.

Each of the walls 2 and 4 also carries, at its top, a flap 9 provided with a curvilinear or arcuate cut-away portion 10, said cut-away portions being complemental and oppositely disposed, so that, when said flaps are folded inward from the position shown in 3 to the position shown in Fig. 2, said cut-away portions will form a circular aperture. The flaps 9, 9 are of such dimensions that, when folded toward each other, they overlap, as shown in Fig. 2, for purpose of strength.

The wall 3 also carries, at its top, a flap 11, having a circular opening 14:, and being creased transversely, toward its free end, along the dotted line 12, so as to form a tab 13 extending the width of said flap. The flap 11 is adapted to be folded down upon the flaps 9, 9, as shown in Fig. 2, so

as to lie thereupon, and the tab 13 is adapted to be projected inward, against the inner surface of the wall 1, toward the top thereof, shown in Fig. 1. The circular opening 14, in this position of the parts, registers with the opening formed by the curved cut-away portions 10, 10; so that a. cone 15, containing ice-cream, may be projected, apex downward, through said openings, the box thus constituting a support for the cone to hold the same in an upright position, thus leaving the hands of the eater free for other purposes, as in eating other things.

My receptacle or device is admirably adapted for use in protecting the ice cream in the cone from contamination by dirt or the like, and from melting as quickly as it otherwise would: As clearly shown in Fig. 4, wherein the box is inverted from the position shown in Fig. 1, so that the top of the cone is within the box and the cone depends from the box through the opening 1% therein, in which position the cone may be carried by grasping the protruding end thereof, the box forming, as it were, at protecting bonnet covering the top of the cone and the ice cream therein, so as to protect the latter from contamination while being carried, prior to eating, and protecting the ice-cream, also, from melting as quickly as it otherwise would.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:- V

A collapsible holder for edible cones, comprising a paper box having oppositely disposed walls; a pair thereof carrying, at the top, flaps having complemental arcuate cutaway portions and having portions overlapping in theoperative position 01' the holder; and a third wall carrying, at its top, a flap resting upon said first two flaps in the operative position of the holder, and having a circular aperture registering with said cut-away portions, said cirou1ar-apertured flap being provided, at its otherwise lree extremity, with a tab bearing against the inner surface of one of the walls of the holder in the operative position thereof,

In testimony whereof, I hereunto athx my signature.

WALTER H. SCHMIDT. 

